What Does Mark 10:1 Mean in the King James?
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse’s two “again”s make return and teaching one rhythm: the people keep coming, and he keeps teaching.
THE MEANING
You meet teaching here as something you can return to: the people come again, and Jesus teaches them again. The repeated encounter gives the scene its shape; instruction is received in the rhythm of return.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It loosens the belief that needing to return means the first encounter failed; here, the people’s return and renewed teaching belong together.
THE ROOT
διδάσκω
didáskō
GROWS FROM
διδασκ-
didask-
Teach, instruct.
“taught” in this verse is didáskō. The verse uses ἐδίδασκεν (edídasken, “he was teaching”), an imperfect form that presents the teaching as ongoing or customary. Beside “as he was wont” and the second “again,” the wording makes renewed teaching a familiar rhythm, not a one-time event.
ALSO GROWS
didáskalos: A person who teaches.
διδάσκαλος
The teacher and the act of teaching share this word family, keeping attention on the continuing relationship between them.
didaskalía: The content or practice of teaching.
διδασκαλία
The repeated act in this verse belongs to a larger body of instruction that can be received again.
συμπορεύονται
symporeuontai
GROWS FROM
πορευ-
poreu-
Go, travel, journey; συν- (syn-) adds the sense of going together.
“resort” in this verse is symporeuontai. The Greek συμπορεύονται (symporeúontai, “they go together”) gives the gathering a sense of movement toward him. The people are not merely present; they come together again, matching the repeated return of the teaching.
ALSO GROWS
poreúomai: To go or journey.
πορεύομαι
The base verb shows the motion contained in the people’s return.
poreía: A going or journey.
πορεία
This related noun keeps the focus on gathering as a movement and arrival.
THE PATTERN
Teaching recurs through daily practice, shared gatherings, and renewed encounters.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.THE THREAD
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.John uses the same Greek teaching verb, διδάσκω (didáskō, “teach”), and repeats Mark’s pattern of return: Jesus comes again, the people come to him, and he teaches. The shared root makes recurring teaching visible in both scenes.
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